Reaching into the past to tackle new challenges: improving wheat by conserving wild ‘goat grass’

2020-01-282020-01-282019https://hdl.handle.net/10883/20626The availability of synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW) widens the genetic base for bread wheat improvement. ICARDA and CIMMYT hold 1,570 accessions of goat grass (Aegilops tauschii). More than 600 accessions were used to develop 1,577 SHW since 1986. Over 10PDFCIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose.Reaching into the past to tackle new challenges: improving wheat by conserving wild ‘goat grass’BrochureGENE BANKSWHEATGENETIC RESOURCES CONSERVATIONWILD PLANTSOpen Access